Podcast: Why the Made-for-TV Summit With North Korea Flopped – Roll Call

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Podcast: Why the Made-for-TV Summit With North Korea Flopped

CQ on Congress, Episode 104

South Koreans watch a television broadcast reporting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping at Seoul Railway Station in March. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images file photo)

By Shawn Zeller and Patrick B. Pexton

Posted May 25, 2018 at 10:04am

President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marks a failure of communications and messaging by both sides, says Jenny Town, managing editor of the think tank 38 North, a website that tracks developments in North Korea for the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank. Town explains what needs to be done for the two sides to negotiate in good faith while CQ cybersecurity editor Patrick Pexton explains how it’s playing on Capitol Hill.

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